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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Technology Class

Count of 2011 - 2015 Utility Patent Grants
As Distributed By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Technology Classes Receiving 1 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

NORTH DAKOTA

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to a patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( some classes have been combined together under a single class identifier )

The following table displays technology classes and counts of utility patents classified in them; patents are distributed by year of patent grant.
Class Class Title 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 4 9 13 10 14 50
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 2 9 9 13 33
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 4 5 6 3 4 22
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 7 10 2 19
180 Motor Vehicles 6 5 4 2 1 18
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 4 4 2 3 1 14
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 3 3 1 2 2 11
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 4 2 1 3 1 11
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 0 6 1 3 11
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 2 3 3 2 10
340 Communications: Electrical 3 5 0 1 0 9
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 3 1 2 3 0 9
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 2 1 2 3 8
414 Material or Article Handling 2 1 1 1 3 8
037 Excavating 4 1 0 1 1 7
111 Planting 0 1 2 1 3 7
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 3 1 1 2 7
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 2 1 2 0 2 7
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 2 3 2 0 0 7
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 3 1 2 6
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 1 0 1 2 2 6
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 0 1 1 2 6
382 Image Analysis 2 2 0 2 0 6
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 4 1 0 0 6
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 1 3 2 6
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 2 1 1 5
060 Power Plants 1 2 2 0 0 5
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 2 1 1 1 5
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 3 0 1 0 5
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 1 0 2 1 4
047 Plant Husbandry 2 1 1 0 0 4
056 Harvesters 0 1 0 1 2 4
095 Gas Separation: Processes 2 0 0 2 0 4
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 2 0 1 1 4
280 Land Vehicles 0 1 1 0 2 4
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 0 1 0 2 4
434 Education and Demonstration 1 1 1 0 1 4
482 Exercise Devices 2 0 0 0 2 4
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 3 4
029 Metal Working 1 0 1 0 1 3
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 2 0 1 3
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 2 3
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 3 3
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 2 1 0 0 3
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 0 1 0 1 3
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 2 0 1 0 0 3
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 2 1 3
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 1 0 2 3
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 1 2 0 0 3
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 1 1 0 0 3
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 1 0 0 2 3
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 0 0 0 2 3
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 2 3
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 1 0 0 0 2
081 Tools 0 1 0 1 0 2
089 Ordnance 1 0 1 0 0 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 2 0 0 2
110 Furnaces 0 1 0 1 0 2
119 Animal Husbandry 2 0 0 0 0 2
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 1 1 0 2
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 1 1 0 2
181 Acoustics 1 0 0 0 1 2
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 1 0 0 2
252 Compositions 0 0 0 1 1 2
384 Bearings 0 0 0 1 1 2
403 Joints and Connections 1 1 0 0 0 2
427 Coating Processes 0 1 0 1 0 2
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 1 1 0 0 2
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 2 0 0 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 0 1 0 0 2
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 1 0 0 2
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 1 1 0 0 2
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 1 0 2
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 2 2
002 Apparel 0 1 0 0 0 1
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 1 0 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 0 0 1 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 0 0 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 1 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 1 0 1
053 Package Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 1 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 1 0 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 0 0 1 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 1 0 1
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 1 0 0 0 1
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 1 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 0 0 1 1
144 Woodworking 1 0 0 0 0 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 1 0 1
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 1 0 0 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 0 1 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 0 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 0 0 0 1 0 1
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 0 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 1 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 1 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 1 0 1
220 Receptacles 0 0 1 0 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 1 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 0 1 0 1
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 0 0 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 1 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 0 1 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 1 0 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 1 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 1 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 1 0 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 0 1 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 1 0 0 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 0 0 0 1
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 1 0 0 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 1 0 0 1
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 1 0 0 0 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
348 Television 0 0 1 0 0 1
362 Illumination 0 0 1 0 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 0 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 0 1 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 0 0 0 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 1 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 0 1 1
417 Pumps 0 0 0 1 0 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 0 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 1 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 1 0 1
451 Abrading 0 0 0 1 0 1
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 1 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 0 1 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 0 1 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 1 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 0 1 1
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 1 0 0 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 0 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
726 Information Security 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 84 96 111 104 118 513


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